Charles Wagenheim

Charles Wagenheim (February 21, 1896 – March 6, 1979) was an American actor who appeared in over 250 films.

Biography

Charles Wagenheim was born in Newark, New Jersey, on February 21, 1896. On the small screen he played, among others, the role of Halligan in 29 episodes of the television series Gunsmoke from 1966 to 1975 and numerous other secondary characters or guest star roles in many episodes of television series from the fifties to the late seventies. His cinema career consists of various participations; he took part in particular in many films of the western genre between the 1930s and 1950s. He also appeared in 1966 as Halligan in season 12 episode 2 and episode 5 on the TV western series Gunsmoke.

He was credited for the last time on television screens in an episode broadcast on 25 March 1979, entitled The Return of Stephanie's Father and part of the All In The Family, in which he plays the role of a bum. As regards his film curriculum, his last performance dates back to the 1976 film Missouri.

Death Wagenheim was killed in Hollywood on March 6, 1979, aged 83, by his wife's nurse, after he found out that the nurse had forged checks in his name and confronted her. The nurse pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to eight years of prison.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1929 The Trial of Mary Dugan Court Stenographer Uncredited 1929 Gentlemen of the Press Copy Boy Uncredited 1931 The Smiling Lieutenant Arresting Officer Uncredited 1938 Jezebel Customer Uncredited 1940 Two Girls on Broadway Bartell's Assistant 1940 Andy Hardy Meets Debutante Waiter Uncredited 1940 Sporting Blood Man at Race Track Uncredited 1940 I Love You Again Malavinksy, Fingerprint Man Uncredited 1940 Foreign Correspondent Assassin 1940 He Stayed for Breakfast Timid Waiter Uncredited 1940 Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum Willie Fern 1940 Sky Murder Ricoro, Flight Attendant Uncredited 1940 Dark Streets of Cairo Dumiel, Captive Jeweller Uncredited 1941 Meet Boston Blackie Runt 1941 The Penalty Taxi Driver Uncredited 1941 They Dare Not Love Valet Uncredited 1941 The Get-Away Hutch 1941 Paris Calling French Waiter Uncredited 1941 Babes on Broadway Reed's Composer Uncredited 1942 Mississippi Gambler Collins Uncredited 1942 Fingers at the Window Fred Bixley 1942 The Mystery of Marie Roget Subordinate to Prefect Uncredited 1942 Blondie for Victory Sugar Hoarder Uncredited 1942 Halfway to Shanghai Jonathan Peale 1942 Sin Town Dry-Hole 1942 Daring Young Man Fritz Uncredited 1942 Dr. Renault's Secret Jacques Uncredited 1943 Don Winslow of the Coast Guard Mussanti 1943 I Escaped from the Gestapo Hart 1943 Appointment in Berlin Julius Hoffman, Florist Uncredited 1943 Frontier Badmen Melvin Uncredited 1943 Calling Dr. Death Coroner 1943 The Song of Bernadette Jacques Rousseau, Carpenter Uncredited 1944 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Barber Uncredited 1944 The Whistler Man at Flophouse Uncredited 1944 The Black Parachute Kurt VanDan Uncredited 1944 Summer Storm Uncredited 1944 Raiders of Ghost City Hugo Metzger Serial, [Chs. 8-9] 1944 An American Romance Shoe Salesman Uncredited 1944 Storm Over Lisbon Frustrated Man Uncredited 1944 Sergeant Mike Hall Uncredited 1945 The House of Frankenstein Jailer Uncredited 1945 A Song to Remember Waiter Uncredited 1945 Strange Illusion Tom, Armstrong's Assistant Uncredited 1945 Salome, Where She Danced Telegrapher Uncredited 1945 Counter-Attack Tashkin Uncredited 1945 Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion Mr. Sobel Uncredited 1945 The Scarlet Clue Rausch Uncredited 1945 Dangerous Partners Little Man at Lunch Counter Uncredited 1945 Captain Eddie Workman Uncredited 1945 Jungle Captive Fred 1945 Within These Walls Convict Joseph Ciesak Uncredited 1945 Easy to Look At Louie Uncredited 1945 The House on 92nd Street Gustav Hausmann 1946 Whistle Stop Deputy Uncredited 1946 Colonel Effingham's Raid Man at Town Meeting Uncredited 1946 The Spiral Staircase Desk Clerk Uncredited 1946 From This Day Forward Hoffman Uncredited 1946 Tangier Hadji Uncredited 1946 Night Editor Phillips Uncredited 1946 House of Horrors Walter, Printer Uncredited 1946 The Hoodlum Saint Mr. Cohn Uncredited 1946 The Dark Corner The Real Fred Foss Uncredited 1946 The Brute Man Pawnbroker Uncredited 1947 Lighthouse Quimby, Insurance Adjustor 1947 Time Out of Mind Jim Uncredited 1947 Monsieur Verdoux Bank Manager's Friend Uncredited 1947 The Corpse Came C.O.D. Claude Uncredited 1947 Merton of the Movies Employment Man Uncredited 1947 Pirates of Monterey Juan 1948 Alias a Gentleman Con Uncredited 1948 The Man from Texas Arthur, Bank Teller Uncredited 1948 Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! Joe the Barber Uncredited 1948 The Miracle of the Bells Mr. Kummer Uncredited 1948 River Lady Man Uncredited 1948 Man-Eater of Kumaon Panwah's Father 1948 Bodyguard Dr. Briller, Optometrist Uncredited 1948 Cry of the City Counterman Uncredited 1948 The Gallant Blade Minor Role Uncredited 1948 Joan of Arc Calot Uncredited 1949 Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture Runt 1949 A Woman's Secret Algerian Piano Player Uncredited 1949 Criss Cross Waiter Uncredited 1949 Siren of Atlantis Doctor 1949 I Cheated the Law Al Markham 1949 The Set-Up Hamburger Man Uncredited 1949 The Great Sinner Gambler with Ring Uncredited 1949 Scene of the Crime Nervous Witness Uncredited 1949 Samson and Delilah Townsman Uncredited 1950 Key to the City Drunk Uncredited 1950 The Yellow Cab Man Drunk Uncredited 1950 The Reformer and the Redhead Zoo Attendant Uncredited 1950 Motor Patrol Bud Haynes 1950 Mystery Street Baggage Clerk Uncredited 1950 Three Little Words Johnny the Waiter Uncredited 1950 A Lady Without Passport Ramon Santez 1950 Three Secrets Uncredited 1950 Dial 1119 Man on Street Uncredited 1950 The Goldbergs Painter Uncredited 1950 Double Deal Bus Driver Uncredited 1951 The Company She Keeps Pete Uncredited 1951 Three Guys Named Mike Irate Plane Passenger Uncredited 1951 Inside Straight Tomson's Secretary Uncredited 1951 Pier 23 Lefty 1951 The House on Telegraph Hill Man At Accident 1951 Mask of the Avenger Townsman Uncredited 1951 The Tall Target Telegraph Clerk Uncredited 1951 Jim Thorpe – All-American Briggs Uncredited 1951 A Streetcar Named Desire Passerby Uncredited 1951 Street Bandits Gus Betts, slot machine maker 1951 The Big Night Barfly Uncredited 1952 Aladdin and His Lamp Old Arab Uncredited 1952 The Captive City Phone Man Uncredited 1952 The Sniper Mr. Alpine Uncredited 1952 Lure of the Wilderness Townsman Uncredited 1952 The Story of Will Rogers Sam Uncredited 1952 The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima Villager Uncredited 1952 Something for the Birds Cab Driver Uncredited 1953 Tangier Incident Uncredited 1953 Salome Simon Uncredited 1953 The Girl Next Door Junkman Uncredited 1953 Loose in London Pierre du Manique Uncredited 1953 Vicki Seedy Movie House Patron Uncredited 1953 The Veils of Bagdad Bedouin Spy 1953 Beneath the 12-Mile Reef Paul Uncredited 1954 Executive Suite Luigi Cassoni Uncredited 1954 The Boy from Oklahoma Hymie, The Timekeeper Uncredited 1954 Princess of the Nile Babu's Friend Uncredited 1954 Suddenly Iz Kaplan Uncredited 1954 Bengal Brigade Headman Uncredited 1954 Sign of the Pagan Palace Messenger Uncredited 1954 Day of Triumph Lazarus Uncredited 1955 The Prodigal Zubeir 1955 Canyon Crossroads Pete Barnwell 1955 The Sea Chase American Reporter Uncredited 1955 Kismet Beggar Uncredited 1956 The Killer Is Loose Clothing Store Owner Uncredited 1956 Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado Jerry Carson Uncredited 1957 This Could Be the Night Mike, Bartender Uncredited 1957 The Book of Acts Series Crippled Man at the Temple 1958 Toughest Gun in Tombstone Pete Beasley 1958 Colgate Theatre Janitor Season 1 Episode 1: "Adventures of a Model" 1958 The Tunnel of Love Day Motel Man 1958 The Power of the Resurrection Merchant 1958 Lonelyhearts Joe 1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Henlein Season 5 Episode 12: "Specialty of the House" 1959 The Diary of Anne Frank Sneak Thief Uncredited 1960 The Story of Ruth Ruth's Father Uncredited 1960 Inherit the Wind Hotel Clerk Uncredited 1960 One Foot in Hell Banker Uncredited 1961 Police Dog Story Firebug 1962 Lonely Are the Brave Vagrant Convict Uncredited 1962 Beauty and the Beast Mario 1964 A Tiger Walks Man Yelling News Uncredited 1965 Cat Ballou James Uncredited 1965 The Cincinnati Kid Old Man Uncredited 1966 Follow Me, Boys! Charlie, Court Bailiff Uncredited 1967 A Guide for the Married Man Man in Steam Room Uncredited 1968 Dayton's Devils Fisherman 1969 A Time for Dying Milton 1969 Hail, Hero! Painter #1 1969 Hello, Dolly! Pushcart Man Uncredited 1970 The Baby Maker Toy Shop Owner Uncredited 1975 The Apple Dumpling Gang Old Prospector Uncredited 1975 The Hindenburg Man at Lakehurst Uncredited 1976 The Missouri Breaks Freighter